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Transfer of Actinoplanes armeniacus Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov to Streptomyces: Streptomyces armeniacus (Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov) comb. nov.

Department of Botany, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT

A study was made of the morphology, cell wall chemotype, and phage susceptibility of Actinoplanes armeniacus ATCC 15676, the type strain of the species (Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov, Mikrobiologiya 33:553–560, 1964). The spore chains produced by A. armeniacus on its aerial mycelium are similar to those typical of streptomycetes. No spore vesicles ("sporangia") were observed. Whole-cell hydrolysates contained LL-diaminopimelic acid. Phage activity spectra showed extensive cross-reactions between streptomycetes and A. armeniacus ATCC 15676, whereas a phage propagated on this strain lysed a range of Streptomyces species. On the basis of these characteristics, the transfer of A. armeniacus Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov to the genus Streptomyces is proposed as Streptomyces armeniacus (Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov) comb. nov. The type strain of this taxon is ATCC 15676. An amended description of this species is given.

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